Erechthias capnitis is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Alfred Jefferis Turner in 1918.[1] It is originally endemic to Norfolk Island but is recorded as having arrived in New Zealand by 1977.[2]

Erechthias capnitis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Erechthias
Species:
E. capnitis
Binomial name
Erechthias capnitis
(Turner , 1918)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Tinea capnitis Turner, 1918

References

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  1. ^ a b c "NZOR Name Details - Erechthias capnitis (Turner, 1918)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  2. ^ RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist. 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.